Co-Written with Demons Anarchy of Pride. The creator of many fantastic masterpieces such as: Fire Emblem: Eternity Unto Reformation, Code Geass: Lelouch of the R-eset, The Crow: DxD, Highschool, DxD: Shatter Destiny, RWBY's Reaper, Code Geass 00, Fractured Reality, Code Geass: Suzaku of the Counterattack, Devil Survivor: Destiny Rewind, and some of his new projects, such as Lagrange 111: You Are (Not) Alone, Tokyo Ghoul: A Flowered Colored Darker Than Black, Persona 4: The Unseen Truth, Monarch, Kill the Deadly Sin, Code Geass: The Butterfly Effect, DxD: Final, DC Heroes: FORGOTTEN BLOODSTAINED LEGACY, DxD: Nocturne, Project, A Tale of Three Dragons, A Dragon Darker than Black, Code Geass: Kill the Rebellion, RWBY: Colorless Memories, RWBY: Black Rebellion, and more.

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Chapter 5: The First Day

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!"

The loud, obnoxious, and blaring noise caused everyone, and possibly others outside the room, to jolt of their beds, smacking into the ground. Ludger found hitting the ground, face first while Nico landed on his back, causing him to wince in pain. Neo was one the lucky one, as she simply jolted upright, looking around wildly in search of the cause.

Eden, however, continued to sleep peacefully in his bed, snoring away while loud music blared in his ears.

"Ow..." Ludger groaned, rubbing his face as he pushed himself up to his knees before glaring at the one responsible for waking them all up. "...Okay, two things. First of all, where in the hell did you get that megaphone? Second of all," he scowled in annoyance. "WHY did you wake us up, Cielo?"

"Well~...To answer those questions in order: I brought it with me in case I want to shout out news to the world. And second, it's the first official day for us being students at Beacon, silly!" The blue haired girl chirped as she patted Ludger's head while he was on the ground. "We gotta excited! Otherwise we would be soon to forget it!"

"Cielo..." the tanned boy sighed as he patted his back to ease the pain somewhat. "What time is it?"

"It is 6:00!" She cheered like it was the most exciting thing in the world.

Neo turned hear head to the alarm clock beside her. The red fluorescent digits read 6:00AM. She then turned her head to face the chipper teen, her sleepy eyes narrowed in a glare.

Ludger sighed, face-palming. "...can we go back to bed now?"

"I second the notion." Nico said quickly, already making moves to get back into bed, but was pulled away by Cielo. "Cielo, it is FAR too early for us to be up! We have at least two-to-three hours before class begins!"

"But Niiiiiiiiiico!" Cielo whined. "We should be celebrating our first day at Beacon!"

"How?!"

"Simple!" she grinned as she struck a pose. "By organizing the room!"

The other conscious teenagers looked at her in confusion. Organizing the room?

"...what?"

"Yeppers! I'm talking about unpacking and decorating! We're gonna be here for four years, so we gotta make the room simply scream Team LNCE!" She cheered.

Neo glared at the girl, giving her the middle finger, and promptly laid back down.

"Aw...C'mon Neo~" Cielo dropped Nico and went over to pull tricolored haired girl out of bed.

No sooner had she tried to do so did she find the pointed end of a parasol pointed at her neck.

Neo's hands were wrapped around the handle of a parasol. It was not her weapon, Trinity Grace, but a normal, pink parasol. She was so accustomed to have one around her that she has a normal one whenever she is unable to access her weapon. Her eyes were narrowed in a glare that said 'Take another step, and you're getting a ferrule through the throat.'

Sadly, Cielo didn't seem to be threatened by it. "If that's how you wanna play..." she grinned as she jumped into the air. A second later, she was enveloped by a blue haze, and vanished. The group immediately became bewildered, wondering where she had went, but then found her reappearing moments later... right above Neo.

"BONZAI~!"

The penguin-suit wearing girl crashed on top of the petite girl as her parasol flew out of her hands. The two scrambled on the bed, Neo looking downright murderous as she tried to get Cielo off her, but to no avail.

Ludger, witnessing the sight, found himself both exasperated, and impressed. "I can't tell if that girl is suicidal, or brave." he commented before looking at the still-snoring Eden. "...how in the world can he sleep with that music blaring?! I can hear it all the way from here!"

"He must have impressive eardrums." Nico said as he walked over, pulling out one of the earbuds from the blue-haired boy. "Eden, wake up."

"...five more minutes..." came the sleepy reply. Nico sighed.

"If we have to be up at this early, then so do you." he said sternly. When it became clear that Eden would not move, he sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose before grabbing his covers, and pulling them off in one swift movement.

The blue haired teen came along with them, rolling around mid-air before unceremoniously crashing onto the floor.

"Gah! Dammit!"

The feared Blue Devil glared daggers at Nico. "The hell man?!" he shouted, displeased with his rude awakening. "I was just getting to the good part!"

"Must've been a good dream then." Nico shrugged. "Just what were you dreaming about, anyway?"

"If you wanna know I was-"

"On second thought, don't answer that."

"THEN WHY'D YOU ASK?!"

Ludger sighed. "Okay, guys, enough." he told them before he looked back at Neo and Cielo, only for his face to turn bright red. "C-CIELO!" he shouted. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

This caught the attention of the other two males in the room, who turned at the aforementioned sight. Nico blinked while Eden rubbed his eyes, as if unsure he was seeing what he was seeing before making a remark.

"...so, Cielo swings that way?"

"...I suppose so..."

Ludger, on the other hand, was completely speechless.

The two girls were currently placed in a rather erotic position, their legs tangled together with their nether regions practically touching each other. Neo, who had a scowl on her face, had one hand on Cielo's face, and the other at her shoulder, whereas the blue-haired girl had both her hands on the tri-colored girl's breasts.

"Wow Neo~ For a really cute and tiny girl, you sure are well-endowed~" Cielo giggled as she gave the girl's breasts a squeeze.

Neo's face turned bright red, her face showing nothing but mortification, before her eyes flared, switching colors.

"GET OFF!"

With a great amount of force one would not expect from such a petite body, Neo threw Cielo off her. The blue haired girl flew through the air and crashed on the bed on the opposite side of the room.

"Wahoo~!" the girl cheered as she leaped upward, arms raised with a grin. "That was awesome! Let's do that AGAIN!"

Neo growled, holding her parasol close to her with the ferrule pointed at her while Ludger, who watched the sight, face-palmed, dragging his hand down his face. "This..." he muttered. "…is going to be a looooooooong day."

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"Monsters! Predators! Creatures of the night! ...Grimm! But, I like to think of them as... the prey!"

A portly man dressed in a brown suit announced. He had a full head of graying hair atop his head with a thick, handlebar mustache that seemed to conceal his lips. He was Peter Port, the teacher of Grimm Studies at Beacon.

After a hectic morning of making beds, showering, Cielo trying to peek at Neo in the shower, Ludger and the others trying to stop Neo from downright mauling Cielo, getting dressed, unpacking and organizing their belongings, Team LNCE was dead tired by the time they entered Professor Port's classroom.

If you had to describe them right now... it would be in a word; BORING.

The professor isn't even talking about Grimm Studies. The closest thing that's Grimm related in his lectures are the Grimm that he had supposedly slain in his stories about his youth.

Eden was already starting to doze off, his head on his hand, as the lecture was close to putting him to sleep. Cielo was more focused on doing doodles, making weird noises as she did so. Neo pretended to look like she was paying attention, but in reality, she was fiddling with her Scroll out of boredom. Ludger tried to look interested, but he was also fading in and out. Nico was probably the only one actually paying attention, given his backstory.

If only the same could be said for the leaders of their companion teams...

Jaune was already snoozing, his head on his arms while Nora had somehow zipped over to Cielo and was also drawing doodles. Pyrrha was similar to Nico, though one could tell she was quickly becoming bored with the lecture as well. Ren was more focused on doing classwork from their previous class. Yang was fiddling with whatever her hands could find, while Blake immersed herself in a book. Ruby was solving her boredom by doing various things from drawing pictures to goofy acts such as balancing her pen on her nose.

Weiss, however... she looked ready to blow.

From the look of things... The source of her anger stems from Rubys immature actions.

Weiss had tried to pay attention to the (however idiotic and pointless) lecture, but seeing Ruby, the girl that had been made her team's LEADER, acting like such a child...! It was utterly humiliating! She just didn't understand how Ozpin could pick such an immature brat, who skipped two years ahead of them?! It was totally unfair!

She had the training. She had the skills. She should be team leader! Why was this child the leader?!

"...now, all of you here have the potential to be heroes!" Port's lecture continued as he turned to the class. "Now, which among you has the courage, the bravery, to demonstrate your skills?!"

Almost immediately, Weiss shot up her hand. "I DO SIR!" she bellowed. Sadly, this caused Eden's hid to slip off his hand, smacking his forehead against the wood.'

"Good!" Port boomed. "Mr. Flaemis, Ms. Schnee, thank you for volunteering!"

"Huh? Wait, volunteering? What? What did I miss?" The Blue haired teen whipped his head around in confusion.

"You just volunteered yourself to fight a Grimm." Nico stated bluntly.

"Wait, I did? When did that...ah, hell with it! I get to fight something!" He grinned in anticipation.

"Well then!" the teacher chuckled. "Step into the ring!"

Next to him were two large cages. Both of which were shaking around, signaling that their contents want to get out.

As per their teacher's instructions, a frustrated Weiss and ecstatic Eden changed into their combat gear and entered the ring.

"Whoo!" Ruby cheered. "Go Weiss! Eden!"

The heiress gave her team leader the stink eye while Eden grinned, giving her a thumbs up.

"Now then, Miss Schnee...please step forward. Mr. Flaemis, you shall go next." Port announced. Eden gave the heiress a light smirk before stepping back.

Weiss gave him a hmph, flipping her hair back before bringing out her rapier. Finally, this was her chance! She would be able to prove that she is better suited to be Team Leader.

"Alright then..." Professor Port stood before the smaller of the two thrashing cages and lifted a large axe. "Let the match begin!" He brought the blade down, breaking the lock that held the cage door in place. Crashing through the metal bars was a spinning mass of ivory. The object slowed down to reveal itself to be a Grimm in the shape of a boar, possessing multiple red eyes and many plates of bone white armor. Its tusks were long and curved upward.

Ludger raised an eyebrow. "...is that a warthog?" he questioned. "I knew Grimm come in all shapes and sizes but... isn't that kinda...?"

"It's a Boartusk." Nico responded, his eyes focused on the match. "They are a species of Grimm that do resemble warthogs. But don't take that as a sign to underestimate it. Boartusks attack by rolling their body at high speeds like you just saw. Their bodies are heavily armored, making their defenses quite strong. Coupled with their spinning attack, it would be as if you got hit and run over by a car."

Hearing this, Ludger became concerned. "Will she be okay?" he asked in worry. "I mean, it's not that I doubt her skills, but... She looks really ticked off about something."

"Snow Queen's probably upset she didn't get to be team leader." Cielo chirped as she held up her doodle to Nora. The orange-haired girl giggled, as it was a picture of Professor Port being hung upside down by a Beowolf. "She must be preeeeetty angry!"

Neo typed something on her scroll before holding it up to Ludger. The white haired teen read what it said.

"She's probably mad at the fact that Ruby's goofing off or something. Not exactly a good first impression of a team leader..."

Nico nodded in agreement. "Well, given her upbringing, she probably believes that she deserves to be team leader." he said. "Which means this is going to be quite the spectacle."

"I just hope that they resolve it soon. They're team mates. They need to learn how to get along."

Nico sighed. "Knowing a Schnee... the odds are slim."

They quieted down as Weiss entered into a combat stance, holding her weapon at the ready while glaring at the Grimm before her.

The Boartusk squealed as it scraped the floor with his hoof. It looked ready to charge.

Along the sidelines, Weiss' team mates were rooting for her.

"Go get 'Em Weiss!" Yang fist pumped.

"Fight well!" Blake held up a miniature flag that red RWBY.

"Yeah, represent...Teeeeeeeam RWBY!" Ruby cheered.

Weiss decided to ignore the little red reaper, and focused on the brawl. 'Hmph, doesn't look so tough,' she thought with a smirk. 'This will be easy!'

The Boartusk jumped into the air and started rolling, its form becoming an ivory wheel. The spinning Grimm moved to roll over the heiress, but Weiss side-stepped just in time.

Once the Boartusk struck the wall, she slipped into another stance, a glyph dancing beneath her. The hilt of her rapier began to spin, and with it, another glyph. She pulled her arm back and thrusted, creating a spear that went straight for it.

The Dust-made projectile broke when it struck the Boartusk's hide. "Hoho," Port chuckled. "Not so easy as you though, is it?"

The Grimm merely shook its head as its hoof scrapped the floor again.

"Hang in there, Weiss!" Ruby egged her on.

Weiss slipped into a fencing stance and formed another glyph at her feet. She used it to propel herself forward with the intent of stabbing the beast through the eye.

However, just like before, the beast's hide proved to be quite thick as it turned its body at the last second, the rapier hitting the bone-like armor.

Weiss then grew alarmed as the Grimm shifted its head and caught the blade of her weapon between its tusks. She tried to wiggle it free, but the Boartusk refused to let her do so. She was stuck.

It raised its head, throwing her over it. Her rapier was also flung away as her body hit the ground. "Now what will you do without your weapon?!"

"You can do it Weiss!" Ruby cheered.

The heiress scowled. "Shut up, Ruby!"

"S-sorry!" The red-hooded girl shrank in her seat. What did she do now?

Ludger sighed. "She's too worked up." he muttered. "Still, that thing is tough."

"Not really." Nico answered, earning confused looks from his two teammates. "A Boartusk doesn't have any enemy underneath it. If she were smart, she would have realized that and found a way to make it trip itself, and then strike it there." He frowned heavily. "She's too conceited to realize that fact... or simply stubborn. I can't tell which."

"I say it's the latter, given how stuck-up snow white is." Neo typed on her scroll.

"Aw...Snow Angel is just a sour-puss. I think all she needs is a big hug~" Cielo suggested.

Ludger sweat-dropped. "I think she just might stab you, given what you did to Neo."

Cielo pouted. "But I was just showing my affection is all!" she puffed her cheeks. "While on that subject, Neo, you so unfair!" The tri-colored girl raised an eyebrow. "How come you've got a bigger bust than I do?!" The girl's face burned red, as did Ludger's. Nico wisely decided to ignore the conversation and focus on the fight. "Mielo always tells me that I should eat my vegetables and drink my milk so I can grow bigger, but my chest isn't any bigger!" the girl complained with any style tears running down her face. "And yet you have a D-cup! NOT COOL SISTER!"

"...Uh, Cielo?"

"I mean, you are sooo tiny! You shouldn't even have big boobies like that!"

"...Cielo?" Ludger was nearly choking from the killing intent from the girl next to him.

"But I guess that adds to your appeal and being totally adorbs...but c'mon! That is not fair Neo! Tell me your secret! I want bigger breasts too!"

"C-Cielo...?!" By now, the silver-haired teen was scared out of his mind. "Y-You really should stop!"

Nico wisely decided to take refuge underneath his desk.

Even members of Team JNPR and RBY who had overheard their conversation slowly backed away from the inevitable chaos.

Even Eden on the ground floor took a few steps away.

"Oh I know!" Cielo pounded her fist into an open palm. "You must grope and rub your chest frequently while you think of Ludger, right?"

That was it. The last straw.

"DIE!"

The petite girl jumped out of her seat and grabbed Cielo in a headlock before slamming her into the ground. She then held up her ever present parasol and aimed to stab the blue haired girl in the head.

In a split second, Cielo brought out a pair of rulers and deflected the oncoming attack. Her cheerful nature was all but gone, replaced with irritation. "Why does this child always open mouth and insert foot?" she wondered aloud as she struggled to keep Neo from killing her. It took Ludger a second to realize that it was Mielo in control. "I swear..."

"...she went too far!" the tricolor haired girl snapped at her, trying even harder to kill the blue haired girl now. Ludger could see the deep blush on her cheeks.

The other students were torn between seeing Weiss fighting the boar (and apparently losing) and watching Neo trying to kill Cielo. Eden, for his part, sweat-dropped. "...well, that's one way to piss somebody off." he commented before looking at Weiss. "Oi! Ice Queen! You almost done yet?! I'd like to burn something!"

"Shut up! Stop distracting me!" Weiss snapped back. She had just moved over to her fallen weapon and picked it up. The Boartusk charged right at her again.

Eden sighed. "She's gonna get killed at this rate with her being so worked up." he commented before looking at the teacher. "Would it be alright if I stepped in if this goes South?"

"By all means." Port nodded. Normally, he would step in himself, but he was curious as to what the Blue Devil, Hughes son, was a capable of. He was also instructed by Ozpin to keep an eye on him like the rest of the staff, given who the boy is...and what he possesses.

Eden nodded in appreciation, and leaned back, continuing to watch Weiss.

Her form was starting to get sloppy. Her rage was clouding her judgment. What a disappointing display...

'She really is a spoiled brat...'

In this situation, Weiss would've changed tactics and used her glyphs to immobilize the Grimm before attacking it from multiple directions. But she was just so frustrated she chose to simply move behind it and hit it with an arte.

"Ice Revolver!"

Three glyphs stacked in front of her. With a piercing stab from her rapier, the glyphs shattered, and ice spears were launched forward. When they struck, the Boartusk staggered back a bit, the power behind them significant, but definitely not enough to throw it off balance.

That was why she continued to press her attack. She formed more glyphs and encircled them around the Grimm. They were positioned below its feet.

"Frozen Rupture!"

Spires of ice erupted from the floor.

The spire struck the beast at its tusks, throwing it upward. Sure enough, like Nico said, its belly was completely exposed without a shred of armor. "Weiss!" Ruby called out. "Go for the stomach! It doesn't have any armor!"

Weiss, again, snapped out at her leader. "Will you be quiet?!" she shouted before slipping into another stance. "Rapid Strike!"

She shot forward like a bullet under her own power. The Blade of Myrtenaster moving like a blur, skewering the Boartusk's exposed underbelly again and again.

With a flurry, the ice that held it in place shattered, and the boartusk was sent flying to the ground, tumbling about like a rag before it ceased. Its body soon began to dissolve.

"Jolly good! Well done, Ms. Schnee." Professor Port nodded in congratulations.

Weiss huffed, flipping back her hair as she walked away. As she did, however, Eden chuckled. "Not bad, Snow Queen." he said. "But it looked to me your were reaaaally frustrated."

The Schnee Heiress growled. "Don't say another word..." she warned, her hand reaching from her rapier.

Eden shrugged. "Alright... well never mind. I got one word to say." He grinned. "Duck."

Weiss frowned, obviously not understanding the meaning behind the word... until something blue slammed into her.

"Congrats Snow Angel~!" Cielo grinned broadly as she pinned Weiss to the ground in an overly affectionate hug.

The class blinked collectively as they looked at the girl, and then back to where Neo was, only to find the girl being comforted by Ludger and Nico. Her body was shaking, her arms held tightly over her chest area as her face was completely and utterly red, unable to form even a coherent word. "When the heck did she get over there?" Ruby asked. "Does she have a speed Semblance too?"

"No," Yang shook her head. "I'd chalk it up to caffeine."

Back to Weiss, the woman was now trying to pry the girl off of her. "Will you let go of me, you brat?!" she demanded to no avail. Cielo only seemed to hugger tighter. Her face soon turned bright. "H-hey! Where are you touching, you pervert?!"

"But I'm giving you a hug!" Cielo defended herself, completely unaware that one of her hands was touching Weiss' rear end. Eden could only sweat-drop. It was as if this girl had absolutely no common sense whatsoever. He sighed, scratching the back of his neck as turned to Professor Port, who looked very amused by the whole sight.

"So, is it my turn now?"

The large man nodded. "Of course, son!" he laughed. "As a matter of fact, I have just the thing for someone like you!"

Hearing this, Eden grinned widely. "Bring it on, old man."

"Ah, I love it when an aspiring Huntsman has the fire in him!" Port chuckled, not bothered by the old comment at all. He stepped over to the much larger cage. He hefted his axe and chopped the lock off the door.

Everyone grew tense, some even leaning in to see what Eden was facing. Jaune looked slightly worried about him, but upon remembering how he was when they fought off the Cerberus, he realized his fears were unfounded. Pyrrha was more curious to see how the famous Blue Devil would fare. Nora looked excited to see him "spontaneously combust into blue flames" again. Ren merely looked on with interest.

"Go Eden!" Ruby cheered, pumping her fist in the air. "Knock 'em dead!"

Blake simply waved a flag that read "Go Team LNCE!", all the while reading her book.

Yang winked at him. "Burn 'em to a crisp, bad boy~"

"Good luck Eden!" Ludger cheered as he comforted Neo from whatever Cielo did to her. "Knock 'em dead!"

Eden grinned, waving back to his leader before brandishing his weapon. Not long after, the Grimm stepped out. Immediately, everyone's eyes widened while Eden's grin grew. "...now we're talking~"

Each step the Grimm took seemed to shake the room. It was understandable given its hulking size. Its size was comparable to an Ursa Major. Its entire body was played in ivory armor. Its legs were thing like tree trunks, which was necessary to supports it's large body, which was encased in a shell. Its head was round and smooth. Its red eyes were narrowed in rage and gleamed in hunger. There were teeth as part of its mask in addition to its own sharp teeth. Basically, the form of his new Grimm was that of a giant tortoise...one that was carnivorous. It was the stronghold of the Grimm race. It's tank. It was...

"...a Juggernaut."

Ruby's jaw dropped, and with it, her enthusiasm. "Uh..." she said weakly. "That's uh... one, big..."

"Turtle?" Yang offered, although even she was uncertain. "Tortoise?"

"Will he be okay?" Jaune asked. "I mean, it... looks pretty tough."

"Tough is an understatement..." Pyrrha said. "Juggernauts are known for their iron-clad defenses. They are plated in armor with barely any gaps in between. They are also known to be like moving fortresses."

"In other words," Ren said simply. "Eden's gonna have one hell of a time breaking through its armor..." He paused. "Unless he cooks it from the inside.

"Well, based on the look in his eye...I think that's one possibility." Nora pointed out to them.

Her observation was right. The teen was grinning from ear to ear with a crazed look in his eye. The circuits on his sheath lit up, blue flames dancing around. "Alright, big guy!" he jeered. "Come on!"

The Grimm roared in defiance. Rather than stomping its way over to its prey, it extended it neck at great speeds, its jaws trying to snap him up.

Eden jumped back, evading the bite as he swung his sword. "Flame Break!" The arte created a crescent wave of flames that charged the oversized demonic turtle. It was quick to retract its head, and even its legs, seeking refuge inside its shell.

"Heh, so THAT's how you wanna play..." Eden grinned as he twirled his sheathed katana around. The aura blade manifested along the sheath as blue flames wrapped around his arms and legs. He crouched down and used the flames at his feet as a means of propulsion to leap forward.

"How about THIS?!"

As he rushed forward, blue flames covered us body, making him resemble some sort of fire ball from hell. He brought his sword back and swung it just when he was close enough to the Juggernaut.

"Flare Blitz!"

A mass of flames blanketed his sword and arms. He slammed the aura blade into the Grimm in an upward stroke. The force behind the hit was enough to throw the Juggernaut up. Sadly, even its underbelly was armored, unlike Weiss' opponent, but that was not what he had in mind. Rather, he brought his sword back, and swung. "Blaze Arc!"

Like before, a burning, crescent wave was launched. However, unlike the previous one, it was significantly larger. This strike sent the armored Grimm flying.

The other students couldn't believe their eyes. Eden just sent that heavy monstrosity into the air!

However, Ludger was more anxious than shocked. "I wonder if he can break through it's armor..." he muttered. "That shell looks like it won't be easy to break through."

"That is...unless he plans to show us what is so special about his sword." Nico responded.

"Special? What do you mean?" Ludger asked as he still comforted Neo, gently rubbing her back.

"Haven't you noticed that even during the fight against the Cerberus, he hasn't drawn his sword even once?"

That caused the silver-haired teen paused. Now that his teammate mentioned it... he hasn't seen what exactly his friend keeps hidden in that sheath.

It was either he didn't see the situation to be worth using it...or there was another reason for it.

What it was, none of them knew.

As the Grimm slammed back down into the ground, it reemerged from its hiding place, sticking it's head back out while Eden landed back on his face. "That it, you oversized turtle?" he mocked, tapping his sword against his shoulder. "Come on, you gotta give me at least a challenge here!"

The Juggernaut's face contorted, as if it was snarling in rage. It tucked its legs and head back into its shell. But unlike before, the shell started to rotate. In a matter of seconds, it was moving as fast as a buzz saw. To everyone's disbelief, the spinning shell started to hover above ground, and was flying after the Blue Devil.

"Eden, watch out!" Ruby shouted in concern. The blue-haired teen simply smirked as he spaced his feet apart, and held his sword as if it were a bat. The red reaper looked at him as if he had just grown a second head. What in the world was he doing?! Why wasn't he running?!

"BAAAAAAAAATTER UP!"

He infused more aura into his weapon, the thin blade around the sheath growing exponentially until it was even larger than a great sword. Based on estimation, the blade was now the size of an average person, yet he was able to wield it with ease. Just as the Juggernaut closed in, Eden swung.

The blade struck the Juggernaut's spinning form head on. True to Eden's words, the strike was like a man swinging a baseball bat, and the Juggernaut was the ball.

"HOME RUN!"

The spinning Grimm once again flew from his strike and crashed on the far end of the room, landing on its back, spinning like a top.

"Hahaha! Oh, man...this is a blast!" Eden laughed.

The others could barely believe what they were seeing. He was treating this fight as if it were all one big game to him.

His teammates, however, weren't at all surprised, given how they had seen him act during Initiation.

In addition, Yang was quite amused with his antics.

"*whistles* Keep it up, hotty~" she whooped with a teasing grin. "You just might make me strip!"

"Wha-YANG!" Ruby cried, her face as red her cloak.

Port gave a brief, awkward cough. "Miss Xiao Long, please refrain from obscene comments." he asked kindly before turning to Cielo. "And Miss Maverick, please remove yourself from Miss Schnee."

"Aww...do I have too?" The blue haired girl whined as Weiss still tried to pry her off.

"Yes." The teacher only nodded.

"Mou...fine." Reluctantly, she let go, much to Weiss' relief.

The girl took in a heavy gulp of air as she struggled to reach her desk. "Whoa, you okay, Weiss?" Ruby asked in concern. "You looked like you had a run in with a noose."

'That girl may as well be one...' Weiss thought. While Cielo may have looked small, her grip was something else. 'Just what kind of training regimen does she go through?!'

Back to the battle, the Juggernaut was trying to get back upright while Eden flipped his sword into a reverse grip. "Alright, let's turn up the heat..."

Ludger's eyes widened. "Wait, is that what I...?"

Eden grabbed the scabbard of his sword with his free hand, his other wrapped tightly around the hilt.

"Is he really...?" Nico questioned.

His grin grew, but for a moment, his eyes turned dark purple. The flames began to wrap around the hilt, seemingly flowing inside the sheath. The wind around him began to hiss and cackle, almost as if the intensity of the heat was too much. It was a testament to the moniker he possessed, and the power he wielded. However, Ludger and Neo, who was starting to recover, recognized what Eden was about to do.

"That Arte..." he breathed in amazement. "He's using it... without an Allium Orb?"

Eden slammed his foot back, and his thumb brushed against the sheath's edge. "It's your turn to shine…Muramasa…" He referred to his sheathed blade. "Burn out..."

A click resounded into the air.

"DEVIL'S WALTZ!"

In one swift motion, Eden pulled out the katana from its sheath. Along with the blade, multiple streams of flame flew through the air, each one blazing dark shade of cobalt. The burning streams seemed to dance around him before quickly moving upwards. The pillars of fire grew tall and arched over, each one slamming into the struggling Juggernaut's protected underbelly.

As soon as the final pillar struck the Juggernaut, the others refocused their attention on the unsheathed sword in Eden's hand, Muramasa.

"...what in the hell?!" Yang cried in utter disbelief, her eyes bulging from her skull.

Ruby, on the other hand, was close to passing out. "OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOOOOOOOOOOSH!" she squealed, going into her chibi form. "THAT SWORD IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOL!"

Ruby had every right to be in awe of Eden's weapon. The blade was a sleek, single edged katana. The metal itself looked to be burning sapphire. The edge was so sharp that it looked like it could cut through anything and everything. Based on its quality, the sword seemed to have been crafted by a master sword smith. Azure flames danced along the blade's length. Occasionally, a blue spark seemed to crackle along the metal. It even seemed to be oscillating to the trained eye. But none of those things were what caught their attention about it.

What caught their attention were the markings on the blade itself.

Along the flat sides of the blade, seemed to be a series of runes or symbols engraved in a black hue. Upon closer inspection, they didn't seem to be carved into the metal, as doing so might've damaged its structural integrity, but the symbols seemed to have been part of the metal itself.

Unlike the rest of the sword, the markings seemed to emit a deep, black aura...almost...malevolent.

Port seemed to recognize the symbol, and his already closed eyes narrowed further.

The Grimm let out a weak death cry as the pillar of flames began to burn it from the inside out, the shell now being used against it. Eden slipped Muramasa back into it's sheath, Masamune, smirking. "BBQ turtle anyone?" he joked as he put his hands behind his head as the Juggernaut began to burn in blue flames.

Ludger, however, was astounded. "I can't believe it..."

Nico looked at his team leader in confusion. "What is it, Ludger?"

"That last attack Eden used... It... It was an Arcane Arte." the silver-haired teen answered, causing Nico's eyes to widen and stare at his blue-haired teammate in utter shock. "But... Arcane Artes can only be used in Overlimit, and in order for that to happen, you have to be linked." Ludger folded his arms over his chest. "But Eden used an Arcane Arte without meeting either criteria, something that is supposedly impossible. That's... amazing."

The others looked at him in equal expressions of shock and awe. Eden...was capable of something like that?! But how? It should've been impossible...

Their musings were cut short as the cries from the burning Grimm suddenly grew stronger.

Eden raised an eyebrow as he saw the Juggernaut manage to flip itself back upright, in spite of the fact that it was still burning. "Damn," he remarked. "You're just as stubborn as that mangy mutt from Initiation." He put his hand to his Muramasa. "Alright, if you insist."

Unfortunately, before he could make a move, Port beat him to it.

"Iron Break!"

The professor's axe came down and struck the Grimm's hard shell. It simply gave way and broke apart under the impact.

In a single strike, the shell broke apart, and the Grimm's body was splintered apart. The ground also developed a small crater beneath it, likely made from the force of the impact. The class was left astounded, especially those who had been listening to his lecture half-heartedly.

"...whoa" was all they had to say. Eden, however, looked slightly disappointed. He was hoping to fight some more, but oh well. He supposed there were other opportunities in the near future.

Port grunted as he hefted his axe unto his shoulder. "As interesting as this class has been," he said as he looked back to his students. "I'm afraid this period is over."

Collectively, the class groaned. While the beginning of the class HAD been tedious, things were finally starting to be getting somewhere...and they had to end it?!

"Yes, I am sorry we are unable to continue. But fret not. I still have many enthralling tales to share in future classes." Port gave them an assuring smile. Although from the perspective of the more observant, like Nico, Neo, Pyrrha, and Eden, it seemed to be slightly forced.

XXXXXXXXXX

"...so, this is Ludger, eh?" Ozpin repressed a sigh as the man on the Scroll observed the photograph and information presented to him. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say he looks more like Claudia. That make him a mama's boy?"

"I didn't send you Ludger's information just to hear your opinion, Qrow." the headmaster said tiredly. "I sent you this information for a reason." His eyes narrowed. "Have there been any signs of Fractured Dimensions appearing within Vale, recently?"

"So far, none. Although, like always, that is subject to change as time goes on." The Signal teacher responded.

"I see...Has there been any word from Julius?"

Qrow sighed. "Keeping in touch with him while he's been watched by Bakur is hard to do, but manageable. He's been getting rid of the more major ones close to Beacon. Seriously, Oz, I know you don't want Ludger to awaken to his power so soon, but like it or not, he IS going to awaken to the Chromatus. It's a question of sooner, or later."

Ozpin sighed heavily. "Believe me, I know..." he said somberly. "And preferably, I hope it is later, rather than sooner."

"While I agree with you...it doesn't really seem to be likely..." Qrow shook his head. "Especially with how things are currently...he may just be swept up by it all soon."

"...unto other matters, what about the Spirius Corporation?"

"As of now, they are still sending their agents out to fractured dimensions. However, I also heard that Bakur has found the dimensions for some of the Waymarkers. But he hasn't sent in anyone to retrieve them."

Ozpin raised an eyebrow at this. "...he hasn't?"

"No. My guess is, he's probably waiting for the right opportunity. What that might be is anybody's guess."

Ozpin took a moment to think. Bakur has located the Waymarkers...yet he's making no move to claim them? Was he really waiting for the most opportune moment...or was it because he was unable to retrieve them?

A thought crossed his mind. Was it possible... that he was waiting for Ludger to awaken to his power? It was reasonable; given that, by accomplishing such a thing would allow him to obtain the Waymarkers much faster. However, that thought brought forth a raging anger within him. He warned Bakur of the implications of what would happen if he laid so much as a finger on Ludger.

"...have you made any progress locating 'Queen?'" he quickly changed the subject, lest his anger got the best of him.

"Not yet." Qrow shook his head. "I keep looking for any information about them, but it's like they've vanished right before I reach them."

"I see..."

It was regrettable, but he was aware that such a thing was, in honesty, to be expected. They had been searching for Queen ever since Autumn had been stripped of half of her powers, so the question remained as to where they were now. They had so little information, other than that the host of Death was seen with them.

THAT worried him.

Death. The Most Powerful of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, host to the Great Spirit of Destruction: Abaddon.

In order to be accepted by the Great Spirit and inherit the title of Death, one must possess possess an unfathomable amount hatred and malice toward the world.

And to think, that host... would be a child of the same age as the youngest student in Beacon. It was truly a horrifying, regrettable thing to learn, as well as a fearsome thing to know indeed. For a mere child to possess such hatred... quite honestly, Ozpin pitied the poor lad.

Of course, there was one other individual that worried him, one that was just as much of a threat as Queen herself. "And what of Conquest?"

Qrow let out a scoff. "Well, he hasn't exactly been discreet." he said. "Bastard's made it perfectly clear where he's been, but no one knows where the hell he goes back to. Then again, this IS the bastard who-"

"I know, Qrow." his friend cut him off before unpleasant memories surfaced. "We'll deal with him, in time."

"Alright..." Qrow relented. No use in bringing up the past. Just as he was about to ask something else, Peter Port walked into the room.

"Ozpin, I-" the old man began before noticing Qrow's appearance. "Oh. Pardon, was I interrupting something?"

"Well, I was about to ask Oz something, but given the look of urgency on your face, I can wait." Qrow backed off to let Peter speak.

"Now, what was it you wanted to talk about, Peter?" Ozpin asked.

"It's about Hughes' boy, Eden." Port informed him, his face slightly grave. "He used Pluto's power... in CLASS."

"What?!" Ozpin just about leaped up from his chair as his palms slammed onto the desktop.

Qrow on the other hand nearly dropped his scroll in shock.

"What did you say?!" The door leading to the room was kicked down, courtesy of one concerned Maes Hughes.

Qrow, who heard the man enter, jumped. "Sweet Mother of-! Where the bloody hell did you come from?!"

"I heard something happened to Eden!" Maes shouted. "What happened?!"

Port cleared his throat. "As I said, he used Pluto's power in front of the students." he reported, much to their dread. "Thankfully, none of them seemed to recognize what just happened. Although, I doubt they already haven't begun spreading word that someone is capable of using an Arcane Arte without an Allium Orb, much less being in Overlimit."

Maes scowled, running a hand through his hair. "God dammit..."

"This..." Qrow frowned. "Is bad, isn't it?"

Ozpin sighed. "...not very, but it may as well be, Qrow." he said as he regained control over himself. "We should be thankful it was just that, and nothing else." He turned his attention back to Port. "Any signs of change?"

"None. It seems like he has some control, but how much is the question here."

"I agree..." Ozpin folded his hands. He wondered...was Eden really unaware of what was happening to him? Hasn't he questioned his use of Arcane Artes without fulfilling the requirements? Hughes said that he was unaware of him housing Pluto...so what did he assume?

Either way, this was still a bad sign. If one uses great power carelessly, they are sure to regret it. He, of all people, knew that better that most.

"Ah, and on the subject of students..." Port said. "You may want to talk to Miss Rose." Ozpin raised an eyebrow. "It would seem a certain heiress is...less than pleased about that girl being named team leader."

"Is that so?" Honestly, Ozpin had a feeling something like this would happen. It was to be expected. For a person so young, not many people expect them to be a capable leader, despite having the potential. First impressions to situations like this were everything.

He knew this better than most, as well.

XXXXXXXXXX

"T-that insufferable, mangy little..." Weiss growled as she stomped off, wanting to get away as far as possible from Ruby. "It's bad enough that I have to deal with a brat who's two years early, but I have to deal with some damned flaming moron!"

After having lashed out at Ruby in earnest, the snow-haired girl had run off, wanting to be anywhere but where the girl was. She just didn't understand why in the world Ozpin, someone so highly respected, had chosen some KID to lead a team of future Huntresses?! It just wasn't fair! She was given the best training possible, and she was much more mature than she was... so why?!

Why was Ruby chosen, and not her?!

The question ailed her like a plague.

Ruby was immature and hasn't realized her full capability, unlike her.

So why? Why did Ozpin make such a fatal error?!

"...hello, Weiss." The girl jumped, whirling around to find Nico standing there. "Penny for your thoughts."

"O-oh, it's you..." the girl sighed. "Don't-don't do that..."

She nearly had a heart attack. She didn't even detect his presence at all.

"Sorry, it's kind of a bad habit of mine...But seriously, it looks like something is bothering you. May I ask what it is?" Nico asked, despite knowing the answer.

Weiss sighed as she palmed her forehead. "...can I ask you something?"

he nodded.

"Coming from a distinguished line of Huntsmen... don't you feel like you should be the team leader, and not Ludger?"

"No." he answered simply, much to her surprise. "I don't have a desire to become team leader. Besides, simply having the skills and training doesn't necessarily make you someone who is worth leading a team. Besides, I don't exactly mind Ludger being the leader. It not only gives him experience, but also look at things from another perspective."

Weiss frowned. "Another... perspective?"

Nico nodded. "Your angry that Ruby, who is two years younger, and has less experience than you, was made as the leader of RWBY, right?" The girl was surprised, but nodded. "Ozpin chose her because of that. Not only does being a leader help her grow as a person, but it also helps her grow into the role she's been given."

Weiss frowned. "It still doesn't make it right."

"Just because you've been given everything you've ever wanted in life, Weiss, doesn't mean everything will go the way you want it to here."

"How dare you?!" She snapped. "That is not even...remotely...true..." Her voice trailed off as she came to that realization.

"My thoughts exactly." Nico closed his eyes. "It is because you are a Schnee, you were given everything you wanted without many qualms. You may have lived a sheltered life as an heiress, but that doesn't mean it will be the same in the real world. Reality is not so kind or fair. It never has been. It never will be."

"B-but-"

"Weiss." Nico cut her off. "Life isn't fair, and it never will be. The Grimm will not care about the fact that you are a Schnee. To them, you are simply something that should be ripped apart and killed."

"B-but-!"

"And another thing." He interrupted her again. "Just because you were given training and possess more experience, that you would make a better leader? All I see is a brat who fails to realize the true burden of being a team leader."

Weiss opened her mouth to retort, to rebuke him, but Nico cut her off.

"You may think of me not knowing anything, of what you went through or otherwise, and I agree. I don't. But neither do you. Ruby is a girl who got into Beacon two years ahead of most people. She is insecure, lost, confused. She needs family, friends, and comrades to help guide her to walk the right path. And here you are, claiming she had no right to be team leader, further breaking her confidence in herself."

Weiss looked away. He didn't.

"That, Weiss, is why Ozpin made her team leader." he told her. "To give her comrades she can trust, to give her the experience she needs." He crossed his arms. "And all you've done so far is antagonize her for being a poor choice, and do you know where that led? You being sloppy in combat." This earned an offended look from the heiress, looking read to retort, but the look on his face ceased all arguments the moment she gazed into his eyes. "You could have easily knocked the Boartusk off balance and struck it there. Instead, you let your ego, your PRIDE-" he stressed the last one. "-take over, all because you are angry over the fact that she didn't get what she wanted."

"...okay, when you put it like that, you make it sound like I'm the bad guy here."

He narrowed his eyes. "...are you?"

She didn't answer.

"...Don't look away from me." Nico stated. "Give me a straight answer. Weiss, do you find your actions these past few hours to be justified in ANY way?"

The snow-haired girl grumbled something underneath her breath.

"I can't hear you." Nico frowned in disapproval.

Weiss gritted her teeth before she raised her voice. "...not...justified..."

"Louder."

"I...was't justified..."

Nico nodded in approval. "There, that wasn't so hard, was it?"

"Your a sadist."

"Be glad it's me talking to you, and not Eden. He had a much more... vulgar and provocative way of talking sense into you."

"Don't remind me..." Weiss sighed. "What was his problem anyway? And how was he able to use an Arcane Arte like that?"

Nico shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know." he said simply. "Hardly any of us know anything about him, other than that his father is one of the instructors here, and is a well-known mercenary. Still, it's impressive, being able to use an Arcane Arte without the use of an Allium Orb."

"Well to me, he looked like the Devil in a battle craze..." Weiss shivered slightly. "But then again...I guess that better explains his title..."

XXXXXXXXXX

Ruby sighed as she stood in the hallway listlessly, staring down at her feet. 'What did I do wrong...?'

The red hooded girl felt bad. After watching Eden in action and Professor Port killing the Juggernaut, she tried to chase after Weiss after she just stormed off.

And when she did catch up to the heiress, she received a hardcore tongue-lashing. It was plain as day to her by now that Weiss was DEFINITELY not happy with these arrangements of her being the team leader.

The heiress pulled no punches in voicing her opinion.

She openly voiced that Ozpin made a mistake in making her leader. Was she right? Was she really not cut out to be team leader?

In truth, Ruby wasn't entirely sure just WHAT she should do. She had believed that either Weiss, Blake, or even her sister would be the one chosen to lead a team. In all honesty, she thought she wasn't really cut out for it, given all the responsibility this would represent. Just how was she supposed to be a leader? She was ahead of everyone at Signal by two years! There was no way she was ready! "Maybe she's right..." she muttered dejectedly, kicking her feet at nothing. "Maybe I'm not cut out to be a leader."

"You wouldn't be the first, Miss Rose."

The girl turned to see the person responsible for her even being at Beacon standing behind her, hold his cane and mug. "O-oh, Professor Ozpin."

The headmaster nodded, taking a sip of his mug. "Let me guess..." he said dryly. "Teammate troubles?"

"Y-yeah..." Ruby nodded sadly. "Professor, d-did you... make a mistake, making me leader?"

"Well, that remains to be seen. It's only been a day miss Rose."

"Y-yeah, but..." Ruby sighed. "What if Weiss is right? What if I'm not cut out for this?"

Ozpin's face became somber. "Ruby," he said, looking right back at the small girl in front of him. "I've made more mistakes than any man, woman, and child on this planet. But at this moment I would not consider your appointment to leader to be one of them. Do you?"

"W-well...no but..."

"Being a team leader isn't just a title you wear into battle, Miss Rose." Ozpin told her. "It's also a badge."

"A badge?"

"Indeed. A badge you must wear constantly. It is because you are a leader that everyone expects so much of you."

Ruby's face fell slightly at this. "B-but what if I fail?"

"That is what your teammates are for," the headmaster replied with a wistful smile. "Should the leader ever start to fall apart, it is your teammates who will pick you back up. No one is ever truly alone, my dear. Besides, there is also one another thing a Huntsman should always, ALWAYS remember." Ruby tilted her head in curiosity. "The drive to always walk forward, regardless of what may happen."

"What does that mean?"

Ozpin smiled. "A long time ago, I once met a Huntsman. He was wise beyond his years, and to this day, I still think of him as the greatest of men to ever grace Remnant. When I asked him what it meant to be a Huntsman, do you know what his reply was?" Ruby shook her head. "All he said was... Keep moving forward."

"He said that?"

"Yes." Ozpin nodded. "He believed that the human spirit was indomitable. That the effort we put into our journey transcends ourselves. For there was no futility...even in death."

Ruby's eyes widened, and her mouth formed a perfect 'o'. "Wow... he sounds amazing."

"He was, indeed." the silver-haired man smiled, nodding back in agreement. "You aren't the only one to doubt your place as leader, Miss Rose. However, it is because they doubt their station that they can overcome the greatest of obstacles." He grinned back at her. "Your mother is one such example." The girl's eyes widened further. "When I named her the leader of her team, she had absolutely no idea what she was supposed to do. You're very much like her, you know. Hesitant when it comes to leadership, but you can grow into it, within time." He chuckled. "Of course, no one is alone, my dear. Always remember, that even if you are left alone, and are about to fall... You have both your teammates, and your friends, to set you back up."

"Okay...I'll remember that. Thank you Professor."

"It was my pleasure." He nodded. Although he inwardly frowned. If only he and his brother learned of that long ago...

XXXXXXXXXX

"So..." Eden said slowly as he looked at Neo, who was currently holding her parasol at hand, a heated glare aimed at Cielo with a furious blush on her cheeks, while said airhead was currently hopping around the room with a pair of headphones on. "What exactly did she do to the mute?"

"...she kept asking about her chest size." Nico responded.

Ludger chuckled nervously as he scratched his cheek. "Y-yeah, Neo's um... very sensitive about that."

"Really? She didn't really peg me as someone like that." Eden shrugged, twirling a random pen around.

"Well, let's just say that she's preeeeetty sensitive about her figure." the silver-haired teen chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck. "Back in Signal, there was this one guy who made the mistake of calling her fat... and he's STILL in the hospital."

Ludger involuntarily shivered at the memory. Even now, he could still hear the sickening cracks of bones shattering and the squelch of organs rupturing.

Suffice to say, he knew better than to cross that line with Neo.

The tri-color haired girl just huffed and signed "He was asking for it. I am NOT fat!"

Eden chuckled. "But you like it when Ludger compliments you, right?" he grinned. Neo sent a glare his way, promising pain, but returned her attention to Cielo. "By the by, Cielo... what's the deal with your Semblance?"

The girl didn't respond. She was busy tuning out to music.

"Hey, Cielo!" Eden walked right up to her to grab her headphones. But just as he was about to touch her, she vanished in a blue haze.

The group blinked, looking around while Neo held her parasol tightly, looking around wildly. Thankfully, to her pleasure, the girl was right beside Ludger with a wide grin. "BANZAI!"

"WHOA!

The hoodie wearing girl jumped and tackled the leader of LNCE to the ground. The silver haired teen was disoriented as Cielo fell on top of him, straddling him.

"C-Cielo?!"

Neo's jaw dropped, seeing the rather intimate position, her emotions left in a crazy stir while the other males looked on, amused. Cielo merely grinned. "Ne ne, Ludger! Let's play a game! It's what teammates do, right?"

She hopped up and down on his torso, somewhat hurting him from the weight continuously pounding him.

"A g-game?" He choked out as Cielo landed on his ribs.

"Yeah yeah!" Cielo grinned. "You guys should join in too!"

"...I don't want any part of this." Nico backed away wisely.

"Me neither." Eden shook his head.

Cielo pouted. "Aw..." she said childishly. "Party-poopers!" She turned to Neo. "Neo, help me out here!"

The response she got was the ferrule of her parasol being pointed right between her eyes.

"Get. Off. Him." She ground out the words with malice. She pressed a button on the parasol shaft and a small blade extended through the tip, surprising the others, sans Ludger. She kept hidden weapons in that thing?

Cielo's pout increased. "Mou~ Why do you have to be so mean?" she whined. "Is it because I groped your boobs?"

The girl barely had time to react as Neo thrust the blade straight for the jugular. It was only due to Mielo's timely intervention that she was still alive.

"Dammit, woman!" Mielo snapped as she held the blade firmly between her palms. "Will you stop trying to kill this girl?! It is beginning to grate on my nerves!"

Eden sweat-dropped. "Aaaaaaaand it's another SPD moment." he remarked. "Seriously, is she bipolar or something?"

Ludger, who was still being straddled by Mielo, sighed.

"...what a day."

-The First Day: END-

Next Time: Jaune Arc